NHTSA Campaign 14V273000
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
NHTSA campaign 14V273000 covers 8 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the tires: temporary/emergency spare tire. The repair is free.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing filed the report for 14V273000 with NHTSA on May 22, 2014; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 14V273000, NHTSA lists up to 419,520 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 14V273000 were scheduled from July 7, 2015, 411 days after the report.
14V273000 covers 1 model from Toyota, model years 2004–2011.
Owners of the model years 14V273000 covers have filed at least 289 complaints naming the tires, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 14V273000 vehicles, the 2004 Toyota Sienna has the most (124).
By potentially affected vehicles, 14V273000 ranks 41 of 226 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing recalls on this site.
Besides 14V273000, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has 5 other recalls on the tires on this site; the one before 14V273000 was 12V542000, reported on November 23, 2012.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2004-2011 Sienna vehicles originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The affected vehicles have a spare tire carrier assembly mounted under the vehicle whose attachment cable may corrode due to high concentrations of road salt splashing onto the spare tire carrier.
- The risk
- If the carrier cable is corroded due to road salt, the spare tire may separate from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
- The fix
- Toyota sent owners in August 2014 an interim notification to advise owners of the recall and that dealers will perform an interim remedy to remove the spare tire and relocate it to the luggage compartment, free of charge. Owners are being mailed a second letter as parts become available and dealers will replace the spare tire carrier assembly with an improved one, free of charge. The remedy campaign is being performed in phases. The first phase of the recall began July 7, 2015. Owners may contact Toyota customer service at 1-800-331-4331. NOTE: 2004-2010 Siennas subject to this recall were subject to recall campaign 10V-160 initiated in 2010. Those owners are advised that they must have their vehicles remedied again under this campaign and that having the earlier recall completed did not remedy their vehicles. Additionally, model year 1998-2003 Siennas were recalled as part of safety recall 10V-160. Owners of those vehicles that have not had not the remedy performed on their vehicles, should contact their Toyota dealer to schedule a free repair.
Reported May 22, 2014
Vehicles covered by 14V273000 (8)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 14V273000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: May 22, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted